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April 20, 2011 Design Principles / User Centered

Are your users S.T.U.P.I.D?

Posted by Steve Turbek

Stephen Turbek highlights the various, subtle pressures on a user that reduce a user’s “effective intelligence”, or what they actually use when using an interface.

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April 20, 2011 Design Principles / Interactivity / Search and Metadata / User Centered

Novices Orienteer, Experts Teleport

Posted by Tyler Tate

Expertise significantly impacts how we seek information online. Tyler Tate explores how the differences between novices and experts help us design better search interfaces for both groups of users.

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January 5, 2011 Deliverables / Interactivity

Storyboarding iPad Transitions

Posted by Greg Nudelman

Most designers will soon be asked to design transitions. Greg Nudelman helps us prepare by examining the principles behind a good animation, showing how to sketch them out, and explaining how to document them effectively for development.

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September 27, 2010 Design Principles / Discovery, Research, and Testing / Podcasts and Posters / Process and Methods / User Centered

The Stranger’s Long Neck

Posted by Jeff Parks

In this B&A podcast, Jeff Parks speaks with Gerry McGovern about the thinking that went into his new book. They discuss customers as strangers, the Long Neck, and task management — how to deliver and
measure what your customers want.

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September 13, 2010 Deliverables / Learning From Others / Process and Methods

So You Wanna Build a Library, Eh?

Posted by Nathan Curtis

[Book excerpt] Building a library isn’t trivial and may not be right for your organization. Nathan Curtis examines the questions you to ask before building a design library.

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